Chicken & Vegetable Gravy served with Mashed Potato and Butter Tossed Noodles

 

When it comes to cooking just for your own self, it’s very boring… to make it interesting, here is a simple continental dish with Maggi masala and other ingredients that was available in my kitchen. Any vegetables like broccoli, zucchini, coloured bell pepper, baby corn can be added. For Vegetarians please omit the chicken.. 

Ingredients 

1 pack of Noodles 

1 Boiled Potato 

1/2 cup Boneless Chicken pieces 

1 cup Mix Vegetables like Mushrooms, Capsicum, Carrots, Onions etc. cut into medium size cubes or sliced 

Few Coriander leaves 

1/2 tbsp crushed Garlic

1 cube of Maggi Chicken or Vegetable stock

1 Maggi Masala that comes with Maggi Noodles 

1/4 cup + 2 tbsp Fresh Cream

1/4 cup Milk 

1 tbsp Wheat Flour 

Salt and Pepper powder to taste 

1 tbsp + 1/2 tsp Butter 

1 tbsp Vegetable Oil 

Method 

Add 1 1/4 cups of water in a pot, let the water simmer, add the vegetable stock cube and let it dissolve, add the noddles, let the noodles cook, once done, separate the water from the noodles and keep both aside. 

Now take a pan, add oil and 1/2 tbsp butter, let the butter melt, add the garlic, sauté for few seconds, add the vegetables and stir fry for a minute. Remove the vegetables and keep them aside, in the same pan, add the chicken pieces and sauté them until they are cooked. Remove the chicken and keep them aside. In the same pan now add one cup of vegetable stock water used for boiling the noodles. Let the water simmer, take 1/4 cup fresh cream, Milk and wheat flour and make a slurry. Add the slurry into the simmering water and keep stirring until the gravy begins to thickens, no lump should form. Now add the the chicken, cooked vegetables, and a packet of Maggi masala that comes with the noodles. Taste and then add extra salt accordingly if required. Let the gravy simmer for a minute, switch off the flame. Take the boiled potato, grate the boiled potato with the help of a grater, add 2 tbsp cream, 1/2 tsp butter, some salt and pepper powder, mix all the ingredients very well. Take the noodles and simply toss them in the remaining butter and salt to taste 

Take a plate and assemble all the dishes together, sprinkle some coriander leaves on the gravy and serve them hot. 

Enjoy the dish with some beverage of your choice. After all Self love is the first love 💕

Maggi Noodles with Veggies and Eggs...

Maggi Noodles with Veggies and Eggs... 

It is a all time favourite dish of many. My husband claims that he lived on Maggi during his collage days, my daughter can have Maggi any time of the day. For me it is quick and easy to cook. I have cooked it in a desi way with Veggies and Eggs and seasoned it with Madras Curry powder.. 

Ingredients 

4 pieces of Veg Maggi Noodles

4 Eggs

1/4 cup of each Vegetables chopped 

Carrot

Capsicum 

French beans 

Cauliflower or Broccoli 

Onion

Tomato

1 tsp Garlic chopped

1 tsp Green chillies chopped

2 tsp Curry powder

2 Maggi Masala sachets

Salt to taste 

1 tbsp Oil

1 tbsp Butter 

Few Coriander Leaves chopped for garnishing 

Method

Take a wok, add oil and butter. Let the butter melt. Add the garlic and chillies. Sauté it for a minute, add the onions. Sauté it till brown in colour. Add the vegetables one by one and stir it, add the curry powder, Maggi masala and salt. Stir it. Take Maggi, crush it and add it to the vegetables, stir it. Add 3 cup of water, stir it. Cover and cook, stirring in between  till it is done, and little water is left in the wok. Break the eggs on top, cover and cook till the eggs are done, switch off the flame and garnish it with coriander leaves.